Discovery Box2 Kings 17:20-23 
Context17:20 So the Lord rejected all of Israel’s descendants; he humiliated 1 them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence. 17:21 He tore Israel away from David’s dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. 2 Jeroboam drove Israel away 3 from the Lord and encouraged them to commit a serious sin. 4 17:22 The Israelites followed in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and did not repudiate 5 them. 17:23 Finally 6 the Lord rejected Israel 7 just as he had warned he would do 8 through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.
1 tn Or “afflicted.”
2 tn Heb “and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king.”
3 tc The consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the verb is נָדָא (nada’), an alternate form of נָדָה (nadah), “push away.” The marginal reading (Qere) assumes the verb נָדָח (nadakh), “drive away.”
4 tn Heb “a great sin.”
5 tn Heb “turn away from.”
6 tn Heb “until.”
7 tn Heb “the
8 tn Heb “just as he said.”
